Ms Munuswamy Shanthi, a scientist at SHAR, Sriharikota was conferred with Nari Shakti Puraskar. She is a notable woman scientist/engineer (SG-Meteorology & Wind Profiler instrumentation and range operations). Some of her most noteworthy work include commissioning the first Telecommand station … Continue reading Munuswamy Shanthi of SHAR conferred with Nari Shakti Puraskar
SHAR Sriharikota is getting ready to launch its first private sector-built navigation satellite today at 6.59 pm. The satellite will replace one of NAVIC’s seven satellites which is malfunctioning. NAVIC is a system of seven navigational satellites powering India’s own … Continue reading IRNSS-1H launch from Sriharikota today. Watch it live.
SHAR is going to launch PSLV-C32 at 4 PM on 10th March from Sriharikota in Nellore district. Its payload is the sixth spacecraft in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS-1F), which aims to improve global positioning services over India and … Continue reading PSLV C-32 to launch IRNSS-1F on 10th March from Sriharikota in Nellore district
ISRO had successfully deployed the India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, equipped with the indigenous Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS), successfully launched GSAT-6, the country’s latest communication satellite, into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). The launch took place from the Second Launch … Continue reading GSLV Successfully Launches India’s Latest Communication Satellite GSAT-6
The first phase of the Mars Orbitor Mission (MOM) a.k.a Mangalyaan was successful yesterday (5th Nov 2013 at 14:38 IST) as the PSLV C-25 successfully put the MOM spacecraft precisely into an elliptical orbit of earth, extremely close to the … Continue reading Mangalyaan launch from SHAR in Nellore successful
Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is ISRO’s first interplanetary mission to planet Mars with the 1350 kg spacecraft designed to orbit Mars in an elliptical orbit of 372 km by 80,000 km. The primary driving technological objective of the Rs450 crore … Continue reading Mangalyaan: From Nellore to Mars. Good Luck SHAR!
The Launch of the GSLV-D5 scheduled for 16:50 hrs on 19th August, 2013 ws called off, as a leak was observed in the UH25 fuel system of the liquid second stage, during the pre-launch pressurisation phase on the vehicle, just … Continue reading GSLV-D5 Launch from SHAR Nellore Called-Off
The launch campaign for GSLV-D5/ GSAT14 mission commenced on 31.01.2013. Further campaign activities are in progress. The Launch is scheduled at 16:50 Hrs. (IST) on 19.08.2013 from Satish Dhawan Space Center (SHAR) at Sriharikota in Nellore district. Launch Vehicle Integration … Continue reading GSLV-D5 rocket getting ready to take off from Sriharikota, Nellore with GSAT 14 satellite
ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C22, successfully launched IRNSS-1A, the first satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), in the early morning hours of today (July 2, 2013) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. This is the twenty … Continue reading PSLV-C22 Successfully Launches IRNSS-1A from Sriharikota, Nellore
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV – C22, will launch India’s first dedicated navigational satellite IRNSS-1A on July 01, 2013 at 23:41 hrs (IST) from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota, SPSR Nellore District. Status as on 27th June: Launch rehearsal is in progress. Global … Continue reading PSLV C-22 to launch IRNSS-1A from Sriharikota, Nellore
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